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Oro Negro
Jackie O's Brewpub
- From:
- Jackie O's Brewpub
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #207 - ABV:
- 13.7%
- Score:
- 98
Ranked #455 - Avg:
- 4.41 | pDev: 7.03%
- Reviews:
- 186
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 05, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 214
- Gots:
- 161
American Imperial Stout brewed with black walnuts & conditioned on vanilla beans, oak staves, habaneros, cacao nibs, & cinnamon sticks.
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Ratings by randylangford:
Rated by randylangford from Pennsylvania
4.32/5 rDev -2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sep 20, 2016
4.32/5 rDev -2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sep 20, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by NCSapiens from Indiana
3.96/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
For my money this is overpriced and overrated. I had this from a bottle so maybe that was the problem, but I mostly only get hot pepper spice, cinnamon and barrel, and not enough of walnut, cocoa or vanilla. The look is flat and overall kind of meh.
Jun 05, 2023Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.39/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Picked up a 2022 bottle at the Appalachian Vintner in Asheville 8-4-22 for $13.99. Consumed 11-22-22.
Beer poured black with a very little tan head that dissipated quickly.
Nose is wonderful, of mildly roasted malts infused with a touch of vanilla and cinnamon.
Taste is a large mild roasted malt base infused with chili peppers, cinnamon, and takes in a touch of vanilla and bourbon from the barrel. Finishes balanced from the barrel and hopping with a touch of sweetness as intended.
Mouthfeel is smooth, easy to sip.
Overall a delicious dessert beer, well done by the brewing team!
Nov 22, 2022Beer poured black with a very little tan head that dissipated quickly.
Nose is wonderful, of mildly roasted malts infused with a touch of vanilla and cinnamon.
Taste is a large mild roasted malt base infused with chili peppers, cinnamon, and takes in a touch of vanilla and bourbon from the barrel. Finishes balanced from the barrel and hopping with a touch of sweetness as intended.
Mouthfeel is smooth, easy to sip.
Overall a delicious dessert beer, well done by the brewing team!
Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina
4.46/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2022 bottle.Pours into a snifter jet black with a half finger deep beige head that is gone pretty quickly.`Deep raisin and cinnamon notes in the nose with underlying pepper spice cacao.Slick feel it slides down easy.Raisin and dark chocolate upfront on the palate with some vanilla sweetness and mild burn in the lingering finish.My first Jackie O's beer wich is crazy to me.Very well made.
Jun 03, 2022Reviewed by brureview from Massachusetts
4.34/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I’d give this a 4.5 except there wasn’t any head to the pour.
Deep walnut and chocolate aroma.
Quite smooth mouth feel.
Excellent taste: Walnuts, bourbon, chocolate.
Great beer! I would’ve liked to have seen a better pour. Otherwise a first rate stout.
Nov 06, 2021Deep walnut and chocolate aroma.
Quite smooth mouth feel.
Excellent taste: Walnuts, bourbon, chocolate.
Great beer! I would’ve liked to have seen a better pour. Otherwise a first rate stout.
Reviewed by trevormajor from Ohio
2.3/5 rDev -47.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.3/5 rDev -47.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
12.7 oz bottle, vintage 2018, poured into a tulip glass at 55 degrees F:
L - dark dark brown with a hazelnut head that did not disappear
S - walnuts, a bit of cinnamon, vanilla/cacao
T - lots of cinnamon, kind of overpowering, walnut and cacao in the background
F - thick with minimal carbonation
O - This may be past its prime, as the cinnamon is overpowering
Mar 18, 2021L - dark dark brown with a hazelnut head that did not disappear
S - walnuts, a bit of cinnamon, vanilla/cacao
T - lots of cinnamon, kind of overpowering, walnut and cacao in the background
F - thick with minimal carbonation
O - This may be past its prime, as the cinnamon is overpowering
Reviewed by fountainofyouth from District of Columbia
4.46/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.
Appearance: Appropriately dark brown, and my gentle pour produced no head at all -- a tiny film of bubbles at the top.
Smell: Reminds me of my vacation to Guatemala and the Chocomuseo there -- fresh milk chocolate and sweet spices. Very nice.
Taste: Excellent -- follows the nose with hints of milk chocolate, lightly roasted grain, a bit of habanero kick, and the promised walnuts. Properly balanced.
Feel: Medium bodied, light carbonation, and a tiny kick from habaneros in the throat at the end.
Sep 04, 2020Appearance: Appropriately dark brown, and my gentle pour produced no head at all -- a tiny film of bubbles at the top.
Smell: Reminds me of my vacation to Guatemala and the Chocomuseo there -- fresh milk chocolate and sweet spices. Very nice.
Taste: Excellent -- follows the nose with hints of milk chocolate, lightly roasted grain, a bit of habanero kick, and the promised walnuts. Properly balanced.
Feel: Medium bodied, light carbonation, and a tiny kick from habaneros in the throat at the end.
Reviewed by Guaro from Italy
4.45/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Ebony color tending to black, hazelnut foam with large and wide grain and little hold. Scent of milk chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, walnuts, chilli and slightly woody tones. On the palate the soft sweet sensations of chocolate and toffee blend with the spicy notes of cinnamon and with a huge spicy finish that goes hand in hand with a robust but not intrusive ethyl note. Towards the middle of the sip also notes of dried fruit, dehydrated dark fruit, dates, vanilla and light roasts. Chilli chocolate aftertaste. Chewable body, round and velvety except in the finish where the spiciness makes it sharp. Very low carbonation.
Aug 18, 2020Reviewed by firesidewithphil from Illinois
4.35/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Oro Negro is one of my favorite annual beers from Jackie O's. The base beer and barrel aged variant are both elite. This base beer is very spicy on the back of tongue, which separates it from a lot of other imperials. The oily, walnut profile holds up to the spice.
The nose is extremely vanilla, but it doesn't come through in the taste. It is interesting contrast. I would suggest Oro Negro to any beer drinker for a unique experience.
@firesidewithphil
Mar 30, 2020The nose is extremely vanilla, but it doesn't come through in the taste. It is interesting contrast. I would suggest Oro Negro to any beer drinker for a unique experience.
@firesidewithphil
Reviewed by scotorum from Massachusetts
4.48/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the 12.7 oz. fancy bottle with exotic Mexican label art, into a Samuel Smith English tulip pint.
a; Opaque black with an inch and a half tan head which receded to thick surface foam and dense lacing.
s: Unique aroma with vanilla and pepper notes most prominent.
t: Entirely surprising taste with definite heat on the end but a n apparent combination of ingredients with chocolate and cinnamon as well as hot pepper far more prominent than on the nose.
m; Full, or nearly so, great body and some carbonation tingle.
o; The word "unique" keeps popping up, but then who else has made a stout with this mix? TRhe hot pepper tends to steal the show but the underlying flavor combo also makes this a special brew. Expensive ($10) but worth the experience. Makes us wonder how the bourbon barrel aged version changes the whole.
Nov 08, 2019a; Opaque black with an inch and a half tan head which receded to thick surface foam and dense lacing.
s: Unique aroma with vanilla and pepper notes most prominent.
t: Entirely surprising taste with definite heat on the end but a n apparent combination of ingredients with chocolate and cinnamon as well as hot pepper far more prominent than on the nose.
m; Full, or nearly so, great body and some carbonation tingle.
o; The word "unique" keeps popping up, but then who else has made a stout with this mix? TRhe hot pepper tends to steal the show but the underlying flavor combo also makes this a special brew. Expensive ($10) but worth the experience. Makes us wonder how the bourbon barrel aged version changes the whole.
Reviewed by mntlover from Tennessee
3.96/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a deep black no light getting thru this one, Small dark tan head falls slow only spotty lace or realistically not lace.
Aroma is roasted malts that seem subdued do to the spices over powering the malts, hot peppers and cinnamon dominate at first pour. After it sits a while the nuttiness appears along with coco nibs peaking out underneath. Weird wouldn't guess
this is an Imperial stout from the nose the added spice and nuts seem to cover the roasted malts up.
Taste is like the nose peppers and spice are up front and linger though out the flavor. Get hints of the roasted notes and chocolate just for a second or two. Finish is lingering spice and big nutty notes. If you like spicy stouts which I do you may love it, to me seems not so complex and kind of one trick pony for World Class status but its defiantly in the good category.
Mouthfeel is only heavy medium to me maybe approaching full, fairly smooth carbonation.
Overall worth a try its not bad maybe you will fell like some who think its wonderful.
Sep 05, 2019Aroma is roasted malts that seem subdued do to the spices over powering the malts, hot peppers and cinnamon dominate at first pour. After it sits a while the nuttiness appears along with coco nibs peaking out underneath. Weird wouldn't guess
this is an Imperial stout from the nose the added spice and nuts seem to cover the roasted malts up.
Taste is like the nose peppers and spice are up front and linger though out the flavor. Get hints of the roasted notes and chocolate just for a second or two. Finish is lingering spice and big nutty notes. If you like spicy stouts which I do you may love it, to me seems not so complex and kind of one trick pony for World Class status but its defiantly in the good category.
Mouthfeel is only heavy medium to me maybe approaching full, fairly smooth carbonation.
Overall worth a try its not bad maybe you will fell like some who think its wonderful.
Oro Negro from Jackie O's Brewpub
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
967 ratings
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